8/20/2026
Political Picture

Trump: Released missionary hostage coming home to US

Filed by Deacon Rift
Trump: Released missionary hostage coming home to US
President Trump said Sunday that Kevin Rideout, an American who has been held hostage in Niger, was reunited with his family after months of imprisonment overseas.  Rideout, a 50-year-old pilot for a Christian missionary organization, was released from captivity in the West African country with the help of the eastern ‌Libyan military commander Khalifa ⁠Haftar,…
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